Network Engineer

Job & Department Summary

The Network Engineer works as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the Corporate IT team. This Network Engineer will recommend design implement and maintain the following: network architectures (LAN WAN Public Cloud) server and serverless infrastructure (Windows Linux GKE) infrastructure monitoring/management solutions (DataDog and OpManager) and Disaster Recovery/High Availability solutions. The Network Engineer must effectively communicate and collaborate with internal stakeholders to create optimal cloud environments and configurations for Organization Cloud products.

Essential Functions

Manage and maintain the Organizations Corporate IT network infrastructure including Cisco Router Switch (IOS and NXOS) SDWAN Security Products (ASA NGFW Firepower) Azure GCP GLB and Cloudflare Azure Vnets GCP VPCs and VPN technologies.

Manage and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaaS) in GCP AWS and Azure

Manage code leveraging gitlab/github through CI/CD pipelines.

Test plan implement manage and maintain a complex hybrid infrastructure to support the Organization environment.

Enhance service level management using monitoring and notification tools.

Construct and maintain documented standards for implementing and configuring Organization Cloud infrastructure.

Work closely with the Cloud Engineers; participate in the planning and implementation of new Organization Cloud environments and resources.

Participate in the oncall rotation schedule.

Ability to work after hours and weekends when required and/or necessary.

Continuously analyze infrastructure to determine effectiveness and inefficiencies and make written recommendations for improvements.

Define and implement best practices to support disaster recovery of the Organizations infrastructure.

Create and maintain accurate and reusable implementation testing and any other related IT documentation used for change or configuration process management.

Work with vendors and other thirdparty teams to evaluate their products and services.

Maintain the design implementation and operational documentation that is used to guide other team members.

Pursues a program of selfdevelopment with selected reading seminars and participation in continuing education.

Identify communicate and help to implement improvements in the work process for customers and peers.

Maintain and/or troubleshoot issues with various operating systems and network infrastructure and assist other team members with the same.

Assist in analyzing internal production or development problems to determine hardware or software malfunctions and make recommendations.

Upon request test and evaluate various equipment systems and procedures for use in the Organizations environments.

The Network Engineer will be engaged with Cloud Services Corporate IT and other interoffice teams for support escalation rapid response problem resolution solution collaboration and overall ensuring that the Organization exhibits the highest level of performance stability availability security and data integrity.

Stays abreast of changes in Organization Systems software technology and the industry

Continuously look for ways to improve the performance availability and security of the Organization Cloud.

Performs other duties as assigned by the immediate manager or management team.

Key Performance Outcomes

Meet or exceed Organization uptime metrics by ensuring all applications and services are available to customers outside of normally scheduled maintenance windows

Comply with all policies and procedures defined by Change Management.

Complete Organization projects and change requests according to schedule minimizing or eliminating human error downtime or financial concessions.

Reported issues managed in a timely efficient manner with appropriate escalations internally across teams and functions.

Exhibits behaviors that exemplify Organization Systems Core Values

Required Skills & Experience

Education: Associate or Bachelors Degree plus some specialized training Experience: 5 years directly related work experience and/or an equivalent combination Ability to design and troubleshoot enterprise architectures that include High

Performance Compute and Storage Cisco Router Switch SDWAN Security Products (ASA NGFW Firepower) VPN MPLS EIGRP BGP LAN/WAN TCP/IP v4 and v6 and Cisco IOS and NXOS GCP VPC GKE GCS IaaS

Experience working with languages python ansible terraform.

Exposure to multigigabit hightraffic environments

Strong foundation in server storage and network performance monitoring and troubleshooting

Technical / Functional Skills:

Understanding of core IT system technologies and Cloud platforms

The ability to handle many highpriority and complex tasks/projects simultaneously

The ability to work with deadlines and complete work promptly

Ability to make accurate decisions based on past knowledge and experience technical problem solving as well as all defined policies and procedures

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Strong technical product and environment understanding

Excellent organization skills and keen attention to detail

The ability to analyze and prioritize complex situations and risks

Certifications and/or Licenses (Desired): CCNA CCNP VCP Azure Professional Certifications

Network Engineering,LAN-WAN,Router,Switches,Cisco,VPN